13 injured after BMW and taxi collide
09 June 2012 | From Arrive Alive
9 June 2012
Thirteen people have sustained various injuries following a collision between a taxi and a BMW at the corners of Pietermaritz and Retief streets in Pietermaritzburg.
The BMW collided into the right side of the fully laden taxi pushing the taxi into a pole. The damage to the left side of the taxi was so severe that the man sitting in the front passenger seat was trapped inside the wreck and he was badly injured.
While paramedics began treating all of the patients on scene while local Fire and Rescue services used the Jaws of Life to cut away at the wreckage of the taxi. After an extended period, the man was finally freed from his seat. He had sustained broken bones in his legs and paramedics continued to treat him while he was removed from the taxi and placed into the waiting ambulance.
Two of the taxis occupants had sustained serious injuries, five moderate injuries and the remaining six fortunately only minor injuries. They were all treated for their various injuries and they were then transported to hospitals in the area.
The occupants of the BMW had not been injured in the accident.
Vanessa Jackson, ER24
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